Last Vegas

Somewhere, Billy Joel is cringing. While the title of Rob Reiner's "And So It Goes" seems intended as take-it-on-the-chin affirmation of life's inevitable detours and potholes, the movie itself feels like a surrender -- to the kind of geriatric burlesque that increasingly seems to be the only game in town for A-list stars of Social Security age. Rivaling headliner Michael Douglas' recent altacocker ensembler "Last Vegas" in its quantity of arthritic slapstick and tearjerking platitudes, this independently financed reunion project for the actor and his...

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Somewhere, Billy Joel is cringing. While the title of Rob Reiner's "And So It Goes" seems intended as take-it-on-the-chin affirmation of life's inevitable detours and potholes, the movie itself feels like a surrender -- to the kind of geriatric...

Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman was honored with the Renaissance Award from the Gene Siskel Film Center (GSFC) at the Ritz-Carlton Chicago on June 7. The legendary actor participated in a question-and-answer session with his "Last Vegas"...

CBS Films has attached "Last Vegas" director Jon Turteltaub to direct and produce "The Lady in the Locker Room," based on the life of female sports journalist Susan Fornoff and her book of the same name. Karim Zreik ("Common Law") will also produce. CBS...

Robert De Niro will be honored this Thursday with the Creative Commitment in Film award at unite4:good and Variety's unite4:humanity event at Culver City's Sony Studios lot. Andy Samberg will host the inaugural event. De Niro, whose care

**1/2 (out of four)After enough belly flops, a pencil dive looks all right. And that's what "Grudge Match," a generic but decent step up from something like "Escape Plan" or "The Big Wedding," is: The pencil dive of movies, only set in a boxing ring....

**1/2 (out of four)After enough belly flops, a pencil dive looks all right. And that's what "Grudge Match," a generic but decent step up from something like "Escape Plan" or "The Big Wedding," is: The pencil dive of movies, only set in a boxing ring....

** (out of four)Not to be confused with Chicago band The Last Vegas, “Last Vegas” also won’t be mistaken for “Bad Grandpa,” though both feature horny old men and neither is funny. “Last Vegas” plops four veteran actors in an R-rated fantasy land and...

A genial "Hangover" for the AARP set, "Last Vegas" is roughly what you'd expect, or fear, but a little better. The four stars, born between 1937 and 1947, are Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline. The setup: Lifelong...

** (out of four)Not to be confused with Chicago band The Last Vegas, “Last Vegas” also won’t be mistaken for “Bad Grandpa,” though both feature horny old men and neither is funny. “Last Vegas” plops four veteran actors in an R-rated fantasy land and...

Joe Drake's new financing, production and sales outfit Good Universe has descended on its first Cannes with a bang, locking multi-territory deals with Universal Pictures Intl. for "Oldboy" and "Last Vegas." UPI acquired rights for the U.K., Germany,...

Hear Morgan Freeman's name and you immediately think worldly wisdom and genial gravitas. He's certainly earned that reputation. But over a four-decade acting career, Freeman has also taken some less expected routes, beginning with his first notable film...

As television viewers increasingly watch shows days and weeks after they originally air, broadcasters are trying to get paid for more of those views.
On Tuesday, CBS Corp. Chief Executive Leslie Moonves said advertisers are increasingly willing to pay...

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas -- at least for moviegoers, that is.
"The Best Man Holiday" unwrapped a No. 1 debut at the box office Friday night, narrowly edging out "Thor: The Dark World" for top honors heading into the weekend despite the...

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas -- at least for moviegoers, that is.
"The Best Man Holiday" unwrapped a No. 1 debut at the box office Friday night, narrowly edging out "Thor: The Dark World" for top honors heading into the weekend despite the...

"Ender's Game" will have a happy beginning this weekend, but maybe not a happy ending.
The pricey adaptation of Orson Scott Card's popular 1985 sci-fi novel is poised to debut at No. 1 with a so-so $23 million, according to those who have seen...

LAS VEGAS — From the 34th floor of the Aria Resort & Casino, a colossal hotel complex with more than 4,000 rooms and a 150,000-square-foot gambling floor, Robert De Niro surveyed what remained of the Las Vegas he once knew.
"I don't even recognize the...